Postal Carrier Cornelius Jackson

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Photograph of postal carrier Cornelius Jackson in the 1920s. Jackson, a former slave, transported mail by horse cart between Merriam and the Shawnee Mission Post Office. He is photographed sitting in his cart, drawn by a white horse, in front of a stone restaurant building. 

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https://www.jocogov.org/sites/default/files/documents/MUS/PhotographFeeSchedule.pdf
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JCM1971-20-3
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